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BAG-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formng'part of Letters Patent No. 623,411, dated April 18, 1899.

Application led February 26, 1898. Serial No. 671,827. (Ilo model-l Beit known that we, CLARENCE MILLHIsER and CHARLES LUDWIG ADoLPH DoEPPE, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Richmond, in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to bag-making macliines, and particularly to machinery for making bags for tobacco, grain, seeds, flour, TC.

In order to render clear the following description of our machine and its working, we will first give a brief out-line of the manner in which our machine operates to make bags. The fabric of which the bags are to be made and which when necessaryis hemlned throughout its length on both edges is for the sake of convenience wound on a reel. This reel is situated at a little distance from the machine. Upon leaving the reel the fabric passes through a guidelframe to direct its course, that side of the fabric on which is the hem being downward. It then passes under a single guide-finger, the guide-finger extending nearly across the width of the fabric, that part of the fabric extending beyond the single guide-finger being free lto turn up and over the end of the said single guide-finger, thus forming the commencement of the fold. This turned-up part of the fabric then passes between the fingers of a double guide-finger which is so adjusted as to allow the fabric to make a complete fold just as it arrives at the i'egisteringfolder attached to the machine proper. These guide-fingers prevent any irregular folding, creasing, or dragging out of shape of the fabric. The registeringfolder attached to the machine proper is so constructed as to allow the fabric in passing through it to adjust its two edges over one another, the inner part of the fold, which will ultimately form the bottoms of the bags, being well rounded and as yet not creased. Leaving the registering-folder the folded fabric passes on to the creasing-folder, which is situated immediatelyin advance of the intermittent feed-rolls. This creasing-folder is so constructed as to partly crease the inner part of the fold of the fabric and so insures its keeping its proper form as it passes through the intermittent feed-rolls. The intermittent feed-rolls, which' feed the fabric to the cutting-knife,are operated by a mechanism which is so adjusted as to give to the feed-rolls that motion which shall be sufficient to feed to the cuttingknife at onetime that quantity of fabric which is necessary for the formation of one bag. Immediately between the intermittent feed-rolls and the knife and close to the latter is a constantly and Arapidly revolving presenting-roll of small diameter, which keeps the material flat after it passes the in termittent feed-rolls and prevents its buckling against the knife-blade. The function and operation of the prese1itingroll will be explained more fully hereinafter, Immediately beyond the knife is a series of endless tapes or bands having an intermittent motion and which carry the portions of fabric on to the sewing-table, where each portion of fabric is in its turn fed by a pair of automatic fingers to the sewing mechanism, by which the two sides of each portion are sewed, complete bags being then formed. The bags as they leave the sewing mechanism 'are necessarily connected together by threads, and they now pass to a breaker, which separates the bags from one another. The bags now only need Stringing (in cases where strings are used to close the necks of the bags) and turning.

Referring to the drawings, which form a part of the specification, and in which like numerals refer to like parts in the several views, Figure l is a plan showing the method of folding the fabric as it is fed to the machine. Fig. 2 shows the guide through/which the fabric passes after leaving the roll l. Fig. 3 is a detailed View of the single guide-finger G, Fig. 1. Fig. l is a detail view of the double guide-finger 9. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the adjustable folder l2. Fig.` 6 is a perspective View of the adjustable folder 20. Fig. 7 is a plan of the machine. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the machine. In these three views, Figs. 7, S, and i), the feeding-table 19, Fig. l, has been removed in order to allow the driving mechanism to be clearly seen. Fig.

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10 is a vertical section of the knife-adj Lister, presenting-roll, and feed-rolls. Fig. 11 shows in perspective a modified form of feed-arm, by using which one driving-cam can be used instead of two. Fig. 12 is a side view of the sewing-table, showing the method of feeding the cut portions of folded fabric to the sewing mechanism. Fig. 13 is a detail in broken perspective showing the feed-rolls, presenting-roll, and knife-adjuster. Fig. 14 is a detail in perspective showing the arrangement of feed-bands for feeding the cut portions of folded fabric to the sewing mechanism and also the presser-roll. Fig. 15 is a'detail in perspective showing a modified form of feediinger, by using which the feed-bands and presser-roll, Fig. 14, are done away with. Fig. 16 is a detail in perspective of the foot of the modified form of feed-linger, showing the roughened under surface. Fig. 17 is a plan, and Fig. 1S is an elevation, partly in section, showing the breaker for separating the finished bags from one another after passing through the sewing mechanism and the method of driving the same from the shaft of the sewing mechanism.

In Fig. 1, 19 is the feeding-table, attached to which is the adjustable registering-folder 12 and the adjustable creasing-folder 20, adapted to fold the fabric S as it is drawn from the reel 1 bythe feed-rolls 27 28 in such a manner that each portion of the folded fabric when cut off by the knives 3G shall sition one immediately above the other.

have its edges 1l, which form the mouth of the resulting bag, the one over the other and shall be ready to have its sides sewed up to forni the complete bag. The adjustable registering-folder l2 consists of two plates, preferably of metal, each bent in the shape of a U and of such size that one will fit within the other, leaving` a space between. This is shown clearly in Fig. 5, wherein 14 is the outer plate and 13 the inner plate. These plates are connected together at their outer ends, distance-pieces 16 being used to preserve the space between them. 15 l5 15 are movable strips, which when adjusted to the size of bag to be made by means of the bolts and fly-nuts 1S, which are free to move along slots 17 in each of the plates, effect the correct registering of the two edges of the folded fabric. This results from the fact that the length of the space between the plates from strip to strip is exactly equal to thewidth of the fabric, so that when it is drawn into the guide the two edges will be brought into po- The bend of the inner plate is well rounded, and consequently the inner part of the fold of the fabric is not creased, leaving the edges of the fabric free to adjust themselves. From the adjustable registering-folderthe folded fabric passes on to the adjustable creasing-folder 20. The creasing-folder differs from the registering-folder 12 in one respect only, which is that instead of the inner plate being bent double and having a rounded bend it consists ota single plate 24. In passing through this folder the two sides of the folded fabric are necessarily brought closer together and the inner part of the fold is given a slight crease, thus insuring the registration of the two edges remaining correct as the folded fabric is drawn from the folder 2O by the intermittent feed-rolls 27 and 28. After leaving the reel l the fabric passes through the adjustable guide, Fig. 2, which has the two guide-bars 2 and 3 and the adjustable bolts 4. 5 5 are distance-pieces. Fig. 4 shows the double guide-finger 9, which is attached to the stand 10, which is adjustable at the points 7 7. Fig. 3 shows the single guideiinger 6 attached to asimilar stand with similar adjustment. The tendency of the fabric after it leaves the reel 1 on its course to the registering-folder 12 is to fold over on itself. If this were not checked and properly regulated, the fabric would leave the reel 1 irregularly, which would result in creases at the folders; but by using the single and double guide-fingers (i and 9, as shown in Fig. 1, we are enabled to regulate the folding of the fabric.

In Fig. 7, 45 is the main driving-pulley, (which can be driven in the usual way from a line-shaft,)'mounted on the main shaft 44, which is carried in bearings attached to the frame or bed-plate 85. 72 is a crank (also mounted on the main shaft 44) having an adjusting device whereby its throw may be regulated with accuracy and operating the connecting-rod 7 3, which by means of a rack cut at its farther end (see Fig. S) operates the intermittent silent feed-motion 75,mount ed on the shaft 7G, which silent feed-motion in its turn gives an intermittent motion by means of the shaft 76 to the lower feed-roll 27, which is prevented from turning` in the opposite directionthat is, in the direction which is opposite to that in which it turns when feeding the fabric to the cutter-by means of the friction-brake GO, which consists of the brake-slice GO, which is caused by the screw (3lb to bear against the disk 62h, which is attached to the shaft 7G. On the shaft 7G, which carries the lower feed-roll, is a gear-wheel 29, gearing into another gearwheel of similar pitch, 29h, which is mounted on the shaft 54, which carries the upper feedrolls 2S. SG is a clamp by means of which the pressure between the upper and lower feedrolls can be regulated. The motion of these upper feed-rolls 2S will consequently be also intermittent and will be equal to the motion of the lower feed-roll 27. Heretofore great difficulty has always been experienced in the automatic feeding of fabrics to a cutter, as the fabric, owing to its lightness of texture, tends to buckle or turn up after leaving the feed-rolls. lVhen the fabric buckles or turns up after leaving the feed-rolls, it strikes against the blades of the cutter instead of passing between them. It will then buckle or heap up in front of the cutter, and if any ICO ITO

part of it passes between the blades the portions cut off will be irregular iu shape and of no use. Other and perhaps greater sources of trouble are lint and threads from the material, which often cause the cut edge of the strip of material to cling to the edge of the cutter. W'hen this happens and the strip is again fed forward for the purpose of cutting off another portion, the end of the strip of material will not pass between the cuttingblades, but will buckle up, with the results explained above. To overcome these obstacles, we place between the feed-rolls and the blades of the cutter and close to the latter a presenting-roll 30. (Shown more clearly in detail in Figs. 10 and 13.) This presentingroll, which can have a roughened surface or be covered with a material having a surface roughened sufliciently to cause the roller by friction to have a slight grip on the fabric and being driven at a higher rate of speed than the feed-rolls, puts a slight tension on the fabric afterit leaves the feed-rolls, thereby preventing its buckling or creasing or its clinging to the cutters and so insuring its keeping its required form as it passes through the cutters. To operate with greatest effect, the presenting-roll should be placed as close as possible to the cutters. Consequently the distance from the center of the roll to the cutters being the measure of the effective distance of the roll from the cutters, the diameter of the roll should be small. The presenting-roll is caused to revolve by means of a cord passing over a pulley 31 at one end of it, Fig. lO, the cord also passing over the pulley 32 on the counter-shaft 34, which is carried by brackets 35 35, attached to the bed-plate or frame 85. On the counter-shaft 34 is also another pulley 33, over which passes a cord which receives its motion from the pulleywheel 71 on the main shaft 44, Fig. 7. XVe do not confine ourselves to these methods of driving the intermittent feed-rolls or the presenting-roll, though we think the methods illustrated are preferable.

Referring again to Fig. 7, 4l is a cam which (through and by means of the pin 42, which is attached to the crank 42, which is attached to the shaft 43, carried in the bearings 46 4G, and the crank 48, which is attached to the shaft 43, the link 49, and the bell-crank 13) operates the upper cutter-blade 3G, which is swung between the supports87 S7 by means of the bell-crank 13 and the link 12. 3 (see Figs. 10 and 13) is the lower cutter-blade, which is attached to the cross-bar 7 by means of the bolts 4. Now in the cutting of soft fabrics of light texture it is absolutely necessary that the knives should at all times cut clean and clear. In the ordinary use of a cutter the knives are constantly getting dull or out of alinement and require readjustment, and it is an extremely difficult matter to properlyadjusttheknives,an operation which usually consumes a considerable length of time. In orderto overcome this difficulty, we use the form of adjustment shown in Figs. 10 and 13, in which 7 the cross-bar to which t-he lower cutter-blade 8 is attached, hasthe slots 56. In these slots are swung upon the pin 10 the adj usting-fingers 9, which have the noses 57, which rest against the cutter-blade 8 near its upper edge. At the lower end of each finger and passing through the cross-bar 7 are the adj Listing-screws 5. Upon tightening up any one of these adjusting-screws it will press against the lower end of the corresponding finger and will cause the nose of the said iinger to press against the upper edge of the cutter-blade, which being elastic will give to the pressure exerted upon it by the finger and can so be adjusted at that point. It will readily be seen that by employing a number of these fingers the lower cutter-blade can be very finely adj usted and in very short time. 11 is a cover-plate attached tothe top surface of the cross-bar 7 and forming a table over which the fabric passes as it leaves the feedrolls 27 28 on its Way to the cutters.

Referring again to Fig. 7, upon the drivingshaft 44 is the gear-wheel 51, which intermeshes with the gearwheel 52, which is mounted upon the shaft 77. Attached to the shaft 77 is the crank 7S, having an adjusting` device whereby its throw may be regulated with accuracy and operating the connectingrod 79, which by means of a rack cut at its farther end and working in the housing SO operates the intermittent silent feed-motion Sl 32, mounted on shaft 83, which silent feedmotion in its turn gives an intermittent motion by means of the shaft 83 to the pulleys 39, the shaft 83 being prevented from turning in the direction opposite to that given it by the silent feed-motion by means of the friction-shoe 38, which by means of the 'screw 3Sb is caused to bear against the disk S4. Passing over and operated by the pulleys 39 are the endless bands 40, which extend across the sewing-table l and return over the idle pulleys 69, which are mounted on the shaft 70, and also the endless band 50, which extends only as far as the sewing-table l and returns over the idle pulley 50, which is mounted in the bracket 51. As the folded fabric passes through the cutters the detached portions fall upon the endless bands 40 and 50 and are carried by means of them to the sewing-table l, the crank 7S being so adjusted as to give to the intermittent silent feed-motion 81 82, and consequently to the endless bands 40 and 50, that amount of travel which may be necessary to carry the cut-off portions of fabric to the sewing-table at the proper intervals. The endless band 50 is caused to only reach and not pass over the sewing-table 1 in order that that part of the detached portion of fabric which is supported by it may, when it reaches the sewing-table, be free to be engaged by the automatic feeding-fingers GS.

Referring again to Fig. 7, on the shaft 77 is the bevel-gear 53, which gears withthe bevel-gear 54, which is mounted on the shaft IOO IIO

55. Also on the shaft is the gear 56, which meshes with the gear 57 on the shaft 14, Also mounted on the shaft 14 is the first of a train of gear-wheels 58, which drive the shaft 59, which is supported in bearings in the frames 6l 61. On the shaft 59 are mounted the cams 62 G2, which by means of the cam-paths 97 and the roller G4 give to the feed-finger arms 63 63 a reciprocating motion, the said feed-` finger arms passing through and being controlled as to their course by the guide-frames G5 66, which have the rollers 16 and the guide-plates 15, (See Fig. 9.) The cams 62 G2 can be adjusted as to their distance apart on the shaft 59, their correct relative position being preserved by means of the key or feather 60. At the outer end of the feedinger arm 63 is the finger 68, which is kept in its extreme downward position by a compression-spring 90, the cross-pin 91 preventing the nger 68 from being` drawn through the arm 63. The under face of the foot of the finger 68 should be roughened in order that it may engage the detached portions of folded fabric with certainty. On the shaft 14 are mounted the cams 67 67, which, operating upon the rollers attached to the 'rods 88 88, which rods 88 88 are 'attached to the guide-'frame 6G, give motion in a vertical direction to the said guide-frame 6G.

Referring to Figs. 9 and 12, as a detached portion of folded fabric comes beneath the feed-fingers G8 G8 the latter are depressed by means of the frame 66 and the cams 67 67, and so by means of the feet having the roughened under surface and actuated by the springs 90 90 engage the detached portion of folded fabric. The cams 62 62 then give to the feed-finger arms G3 63 a forward motion, which causes the feed-lingers 68 68 to feed the detached portion of folded fabric to the feed-bands 19 2l, at which point the said feed-finger arms 63 G3 are given motion in an upward direction by means of the frame GG G6 and the cams 67 67, thereby freeing the detached portion of the folded fabric, which now has its upward edge resting on the endless bands 19 19, (see Fig. 14,) which are carried by the rollers 18 31, which pass upward onto the surface of the sewing-table 1 through the slots 22 23. The detached portion of folded fabric is now carried forward bands 2l and is so carried forward to the sewing mechanisms 27 28,vwhich are a part of and are operated from the double-headed sewing mechanism 52 53. (See Figs. 7, 8, and 9.) The endless feed-bands 19, which are carried by the rollers 18 3l and the endless feed-bands 2l, which are carried by the rollers 20 29 30, and the sewing mechanisms 27 28 are given motion in the following manner: 47 is a pulley attached to the shaft 4G andis driven by means of a belt from a line-shaft or other source of motion. (See Figs. 7, 9, and 12.) Upon the shaft 4G is mounted the pulley 45, from which is driven the counter-shaft carrying the pulley 44, from which pulley is driven the sewingmechanism shaft 33, (see Fig. 9,) upon which is mounted the disk-wheel 34, which operates the arm 35 and the shaft 36 to give a reciprocating motion to the needles of the sewing mechanism. Also on the sewing-mechanism shaft 33 is the bevel-gear 43, which gears with the bevel-gear 41, which is mounted on the shaft 74, upon which shaft is also mounted the worm 40,which drives the wormsuccessively engaged vby the feed-fingers 68 and by them are successively fed to the feedbands 19 and 2l, by which they are fed to the sewing mechanism 27 28, by Whichthe two sides of the detached portions of folded fabric are sewed up to form complete bags.

Fig.' l1 shows a modified arrangement of feed-finger attachment, wherein the feed-lingers 68 '68 are carried on secondary arms 92 92, which by means of the rod 93 93 are carried by a single feed-finger arm 63, thus rendering it possible to use one cam 62, Fig. 9, instead of two. ment is obtained by making one of the secondary arms 92 movable on the rods 93 93, the said secondary arm being secured in the required position by said screws 9G 96. The fixed secondary arm is attached to the rods 93 93 by means of the pins 95 95, the rods 93 93 being themselves secured in the arm 63 by means of the screws 94 94.

In Fig. 15 is shown a modification of the feed-finger 68, wherein the foot has the form shown at 58, the said foot having a roughened or corrugated under surface, as shown in Fig. 1G. By using feed-fingers of this form we are enabled to feed the detached portions of folded fabric direct to the sewing mechanism, the feed-bands 19 2l, with their carrying-rollers 18, 20, 29, 30, and 3l and the supports 32, (see Fig. 12,) being entirely done away with. 2 is an alining-guide having slots 59, through which pass the endless bands 40. Now it is necessary that as the detached portions of folded fabric are carried by the bands 40 to the sewing-table 1 they should be properly alined before being engaged by the feed-fingers and fed to the sewing mechanism. We obtain this alinement in the following manner: The bands 40 carry the detached portion of folded fabric forward until it strikes the alining-guide 2; but the said bands 40 continue their motion IOC In this arrangement adjust- IIC l not shown.

for a short distance and drive the detached portion of folded fabric up against the guide, thus insuring the perfect contact of the forward edge of the detached portion of folded fabric with the said aliningguide 2u. 3 is a guide which can be adjusted according to the width of the bag to be made and which serves to assist in the guiding of the detached portions of folded fabric as they pass through the sewing mechanism. One of the advantanges in thus alining the detached portions of folded fabric is that we are able to sew very close to the edges of the fabric without any risk of the stitches running over the edges. In this way we save a quantity of fabric which is usually lost in wide margins. The part 27 of the sewing mechanism is also adjustable as to its distance from the fixed part 2Sa of the said sewing mechanism, since the head 53a, Fig. 9, in which the part 27a of the sewing mechanismis contained, can be moved closer to or farther away from the head 52, in which the part 2Sa of the sewing mechanism .is contained, the needle-operating bar 36 being so arranged that it will operate the needles whatever their relative positions may be. In these parts 27 and 28 of the sewing mechanism, 27 27b are the presser-feet and 28b 28b the needles. usual form and by means of which the bags are fed through the sewing mechanism, are 24 (see Figs. 12 and 11i) is a presser-roll which is kept in position by the pins 25 26 at each end of it and the said enlarged ends of which press upon and so press out any creases or irregularities in the edges of the detached portions of folded fabric as they are fed to the sewing mechanism. This presse1roll is dispensed with when the'form of feed-finger shown in Figs. 15 and lis used. Now as the completed bags leave the sewing mechanism they are attached successively to one another bythe sewing-thread. In order to separate them when using the arrangement of feed-finger shown in Fig. 15, we use the breaking attachment shown vin Figs. 17 and 1S, wherein the upper roll 63 of the first pair of rolls is given motion by the wormwheel shaft 3S, the lower roll in the said first pair deriving its motion from the upper roll G3 by means of the gears 64a. The said first pair of rolls are given such a motion by the worin-wheel shaft 3S, the worm-wheel 39, the worm 40, the bevel-gears In 43u, and the sewing-mechanism shaft 33 that they will feed the line of bags forward at the same rate at which they pass through the sewing mechanism. The second pair of rolls, of which 62L is the upper one7 are given a higher rate of speed by means of a cord which passes over the pulley 61 (see Fig. 17) and over the pulley 732 (see Fig. 18,) which is mounted on the counter-shaft from which is driven the sewing mechanism. The first and second pairs of rolls revolve in bearings carried in the housings G6 671i, respectively, pressure being given to the upper rollin each pair by means The feed-dogs, which are of the of the springs 68:L and 69: and the caps '70a and 7l, respectively. 72 is a table over which the bags move in passing from the first to the second -pair of rolls. As soon as a bag 762L has completely passed through the first pair of rolls and the following bag 75' has been grasped bythe said first pair of rolls it, the first-mentioned bag, is seized by the second pair of rolls, which, since they revolve at a greater speed than the first pair of rolls, separate the leading bag from that whichfollows by breaking the threads which connect them together. This is clearly shown in Figs.

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Though it is possible in our machine to use any of the usual forms of stitches, we prefer to use that known as the single chain-stitch, thereby not only effecting a great saving in the quantity of sewing-thread used, but also 'doing away with bobbins and other intricate mechanism. Now in using single chainstitch it must be remembered that the stitch is not locked at that point at which it leaves the material which is being sewed and can therefore be drawn out if broken at that point. If we fed our bags bottom foremost to the sewing mechanism, the stitches would leave the bags at their mouths, and consequently at the point where greatest strength is required the chain-stitch would be unlocked and would pullout, which would render the bags useless. In order to overcome this disadvantage in the use of the single chain-stitch, we have so arranged onr bag-making machine as to feed the detached portions of folded fabric to the sewing mechanism so that the mouths of the completed bags will pass first through the said sewing mechanism. In this way the mouths of the bags are rendered perfectly strong. One of the elements of utilityin our machine lies in the fact of its capacity to thus present the open ends of the bags to the sewing mechanism.

IVhile we prefer to construct our machine as shown in the accompanying drawings, .we do not confine ourselves to the methods of actuating the several elements or to the details of construction shown therein.

Having now described our invention, what we claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is*

1. In a bag-making machine, the combination of folders to fold the fabric, intermittently-acting feed-rolls to feed the folded fabric to cutters, a presenting-roll located close to the knife and ruiming constantly and at a speed greater than that of the feed-rolls to smooth out and keep flat the folded fabric as it passes to and as portions are bein g detached from it by the cutters, means for operating the presenting-roll, cutters to detach portions from the folded fabric, an alining device to aline the detached portions of fabric with sewing mechanism, feed-fingers acting with a reciprocating motion and having self-adjusting feet adapted to engage and feed the portions of folded fabric successively to the IOO IIO

sewing mechanism, and sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sides of the detached portions of folded fabric.

2. In a bag-making machine, the combination of folders to fold the fabric, intermittently-acting feed-rolls to feed the folded fabric to cutters, a presenting-roll located close to the knife and running constantly and at a speed greater than that of the intermittentlyacting feed-rolls to smooth ont and keep liat the 'folded fabric as it passes to and as portions are being detached from itby the cutters, and cutters to detach portions from the folded fabric.

3. In a bag-making machine, the combination of a guide-frame to guide the fabric as it advancesto the folders, finger-guides to regulate and control the commencement of the fold, and an adjustable registering-folder..

4. In a bag-making machine, the combination of a guide-frame to guide the fabric as it advances to the folders, finger-guides to regulate and control the commencement of the fold, an adjustable registering-folder, and an adjustable creasing-folder.

5. In a bag-making machine, the combination of intermittently-acting feed-rolls, cutters adapted and arranged to cut folded fablric fed by the feed-rolls, and a presen ting-roll running constantly and at a speed greater than that of the feed-rolls to smooth out and keep the folded fabric flat as it is fed by the feed-rolls to and as portions are being detached from it by the cutters, and located between the said feed-rolls and the said cutters, and close to the latter.

(3. In a bag-making machine, the combination of cutters to cut portions from the folded fabric, means for operating the cutters, an alining device consisting of an intermittent feed mechanism adapted and arranged to carry the detached portions offolded fabric successively to an alining-guide, and an alining-guide located in the path of the intermittent feed mechanism and adapted to stop and by the continued motion of the said feed aline with sewing mechanism the detached portions of folded fabric, and sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sides of the detached portions of folded fabric.

7. In a bag-making machine, cutters adapted and arranged to detach portions from the folded fabric, and means for operatingY the cutters, in combination with an alining device consisting of an intermittent feed mechanism adapted and arranged to carry the detached portions of folded fabric successively to an alining-guide, and an alining-guide located in the path of the intermittent feed mechanism and adapted to stop and by the continued motion of the said intermittent feed mechanism aline with sewing mechanism the detached portions of folded fabric, feed-fingers acting with a reciprocating motion and having self-adjusting feet adapted to engage and feed the portions of folded fabric successively to the sewing mechanism,

and sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sidesof the detached portions of folded fabric.

S. In a bag-making machine, the combination of feed-lingers acting with a reciprocating motion and having elastieally connected with them self-ad justing feet adapted to press downward with an elastic Contact upon and so engage portions of fabric to feed the said portions of fabric successively to sewing mechanism when the feed-fingers advance, means for operating the feed-iin gers, and sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sides of the detached portions of folded fabric.

9. In a bag-making machine, the combination of feed-fingers to feed portions of fabric i successively to a sewing mechanism, means for operating the feed-fingers, a sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sides of the portions of fabric, and a presser-roll situated between the feed-fin gers and the sewing mechanism and adapted and arranged to ride upon the edges of the portions of fabric as they pass beneath it to straighten out the said edges before they are sewed.

l0. In a bag-making-machine, the combination of a guide-frame to guide the fabric as it advances to the folders, linger-guides to regulate and control the commencement of the fold, an adjustable registering-folder to register the edges of the folded fabric, and feedrolls to feed the fabric to the finger-guides and the registering-folder.

ll. In a bag-making machine, the combination of a guide-frame to guide the fabric as it advances to the folders, finger-guides to regulate and control the commencement of the fold, an adjustable registering-folder, an adjustable creasing-folder, and feed-rolls to feed the fabric to the finger-guides and the adjustable folders.

l2. In a bag-making machine, the combination of finger-guides to regulate and control the commencement of the folding of the fabric, the adjustable registering-folder, the adjustable creasing-folder, the intermittent feed-rolls to feed the fabric to the folders and the folded fabric to the cutters, the presenting-roll located close to the cutters and running constantly and at a speed greater than that of the feed-rolls to smooth out and keep flat the folded fabric as it passes from the feed-rolls to the cutters, cutters to detachl portions from the folded fabric, an alining device consisting of an intermittent feed mechanism and an aliningguide,the intermittent feed mechanism being adapted and arranged to carry the detached portions of folded fabric successively to the aliningguide, and the alining-guide being located in the path of the intermittent feed mechanismand being adapted to stop and by the continued motion of the said intermittent feed mechanism aline with sewing mechanism the detached portions of folded fabric, feed-fingers acting with a reciprocating motion and having self-adjusting feet adapted to engage IIO IZO

and feed the portions of folded fabric successively to the sewing mechanism, and sewing mechanism adapted and arranged to sew the sides of the detached portions of folded fabric. i

In a bag-making machine, the combination of an alining device consisting of an intermittent feed mechanism and an aliningguide, the intermittent feed mechanism being,` adapted and arranged to carry detached portions of fabric to the alinino-guide, and the alining-gnide beinglocated in the path of the intermittent feed mechanism and being adapted to stop and by the continued motion ofthe said intermittent feed mechanism aline with Sewing` mechanism the detached portions of fabric, feediingem acting' with a reciprocating motion and having` seliadjusting feet CLARENCE MILLHISER. CHARLES LUDWIG ADOLPII DOEPPE.

Witnesses:

PHILIP C. SCHLOSS, ARTHUR SoRIvnNER. 

